A Very Brief History of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) ASI was created in 1861, an agency created during the days of British Colonialism for archaeological excavation and conservation of India monuments. Interestingly the Survey was briefly suspended from 1865 to 1871, which is the most hypocritical joke of history in my view. 1865 was the time when the British government passed the Indian Forest Act that extended British Colonial claims over the forests of India. And due to the onset of the confederacy movement in the United States ' The eyes of a desperate Britain fell on India, and as “King Cotton” destroyed one country, it gave birth to another." (Ref: https://www.english.uga.edu/sites/default/files/2009-2010_Barnett_Mays_John.pdf ) But they didn't have money for conserving their prized possession, the country of India. A Prolific Writer - Prof. B.B. Lal I'm digressing away from the topic of this post, Professor Brij Basi Lal, the juggernaut ...
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